Zephon is a turn-based 4X game, which it makes it interesting for us, although all similarities to Civ already end at this place. The setting is a post-apocalyptic, Warhammer-40k inspired world with monstrous abominations, where your faction is fighting for survival. It seems to have all the 4X traits you need, such as diplomacy, city management and tech… Read More »
Inspired by the recent success story of Manor Lords (after the trials and tribulations of it’s sole developer) the developer behind the abandoned Civ and Ara like 4X game called BOC: Birth of Cultures (formerly Birth of Civilizations) has decided to return to the project and is working with an interested publisher on finishing the game. The game… Read More »
4X fans and denizens of this forum have certainly followed the game, and today Ara: History Untold is finally availabe. It’s a 4X game very similar to Civilization, and while it has some features of the coming Civ7 (e.g. historical personalities as leaders with special abilities, and also an age concept), it makes many things different. It has… Read More »
To celebrate Master of Magic’s 30th Anniversary this month I thought I’d do something similar to our recent Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, Civilization Call to Power, and Sid Meier’s Colonization Anniversary Celebrations and take a look at what’s been going on in the Master of Magic fan communities over the last few years so pour yourself a cup… Read More »
In case you want to play as a small-scale dictator before Civ7 gets around, you now have the option with Tropico 4!The island dictatorship simulator is currently for free, for another 1 days and 15h from the time of this post.Get it here, and discuss it with us here.
The Tacticon is a virtual convention about strategy games, and now this year’s schedule is known! Every civ-fanatic should be interested in the talk on Friday about historical accuracy in strategy games!The talk about procedural generation might be interesting as well, given that’s essentially how the civ maps are generated.For the game showcases, Reus 2, a god game… Read More »
The Tacticon is a virtual convention about strategy games, organized by the independent publishers FireSquid Games and HoodedHorse, and therefore should contain some things, which are also interesting for us.This year the convention will happen from July 18 to July 22. The lineup normally consists out of various talks, new demos, and some sales, obviously.The list of games… Read More »